Laptop Internal Hard Drives

Laptop Hard Drives

Laptops are convenient because of their portability and small form factor as compared to a desktop computer. Unfortunately, laptops are not as easy to upgrade. One of the few ways to upgrade a laptop that can have a huge impact on performance is to install a laptop hard drive. Fortunately for Newegg customers, we partner with all the major laptop hard drive manufacturers, like Western Digital, Seagate, HGST, and Toshiba, so you’ll always have options when choosing a notebook hard drive. Let’s get started!

What to Look for in a Laptop Hard Drive

With so many laptop hard drives to choose from, it’s hard to know exactly what to get. Newegg can help! Consider these scenarios:

• If you are upgrading your laptop or replacing a failed laptop HDD, then you definitely want an internal laptop hard drive. These notebook hard drives come in different varieties, but are generally in the same 2.5” form factor. But despite being small, these notebook hard drives can provide a lot of storage space and/or performance.
• If storage is your primary concern, then look for an internal laptop hard drive with a large capacity and a 5400RPM speed. For a faster performing laptop, consider paying extra for an SSD. They generally offer faster read/write speeds than the average internal notebook hard drive. The drawbacks, however, are that SSDs are more expensive than HDDs at the same capacities.
• Can you even replace your laptop HDD? Sometimes it might be too difficult to disassemble your laptop to get to the components inside. Or maybe you just don’t want to risk breaking anything. In those cases, then an internal hard drive might not be the best scenario. Consider an external hard drive that can attach via USB.

Whatever your needs and budget are for your internal or external laptop hard drive, Newegg has the perfect laptop HDD for you.